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  • Radio Amateurs Help Air Ambulance

    From American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources@american.radio.relay.league.|.ham.radio.association.and.resources@belver.alt119.net to All on Tue Jul 21 10:40:22 2020
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    Peru's Radio Club Peruano (RCP) reports that Guillermo Guerra, OA4DTU/XQ3SA, and the Peruvian Relief Net assisted an air ambulance en route to Easter Island on July 9 after its satellite communication equipment failed. The aircraft was about 1,000 nautical miles from the continent, so the pilot tuned to the Peruvian Relief Net on 7100 kHz.
    Net control station OA4DTU and Giancarlo Passalacqua, OA...

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